person-to-person

adjective or adverb

: involving two people or going directly from one person to another person
person-to-person communication
The reporter talked person-to-person with the hostage.

Examples of person-to-person in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Measles infection The contagious disease spreads through person-to-person contact and through the air and is preventable through vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024 At present, no person-to-person transmission of Alaskapox has been documented. Raúl Rivas González, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024 But these services, also known as person-to-person payment platforms, pose risks to their users and to the financial system, regulators say. Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024 But, the boxes are meant to compliment, not cannibalize person-to-person alcohol sales. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 Duffy’s research group at the Institut Pasteur is devoted to studying how factors like age, genetics, and the environment explain person-to-person variability in immune responses. Celia Ford, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024 Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that is transmitted from person-to-person through inhalation of the bacteria from the air. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024 The specifics of the campus unrest aren’t addressed directly in the main part of the movie, which, through its protagonist’s eyes, regards his new surroundings not in terms of political divisions but with an artist’s sense of person-to-person discovery. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024 This type of immunity helps make person-to-person transmission unlikely, and the infection, in effect, no longer has the upper hand.1 What Is an Example of Herd Immunity? Karen Pallarito, Health, 20 Jan. 2024

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“Person-to-person.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/person-to-person. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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